Friday, May 11, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: ALEC's Decision on Common Core Standards a Pig-Headed Decision?

Missouri Education Watchdog: ALEC's Decision on Common Core Standards a Pig-Headed Decision?:


ALEC's Decision on Common Core Standards a Pig-Headed Decision?

ALEC's decision on the anti-Common Core standards issue


It's a decision that isn't really a decision.  


Washington, DC – Today, the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), after considering anti-Common Core legislation introduced by the American Principles Project (APP), Goldwater Institute and the Washington Policy Center last summer, delayed a decision on whether to endorse the legislation until their next meeting.
 
“ALEC’s delay in endorsing the resolution is troubling and plays into the strategy of the multi-billion dollar private entities that are pushing the Common Core,” said APP’s Emmett McGroarty.  ”This